This inaugural Race & . . . Conference will elevate the work of the race-related centers, the health sciences, Africana Studies - promoting center & department collaboration.
Learn more about all that is planned for the 2022-23 academic year by the Asian Studies Center, the Center for African Studies, the Center for Ethnic Studies Research, the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, the European Studies Center, and the Global Studies Center. Celebrate with us the recent award of 12 new federal grants and learn how that money will support faculty and students interested in the world. Find new opportunities to study, research, or teach about the world.
The Center for African Studies (CAS) is hosting its inaugural Celebrate Africa Festival from Friday, September 16 to Saturday, September 17, 2022 and you are invited to attend!
On Friday, join scholars and leaders from the African continent and Pitt faculty for a seminar, round table, alumni webinar, documentary screening, reception, and keynote address by renowned pan-African historian Dr. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.
Join us as we celebrate diverse cultures with Pitt's cultural departments and student organizations along with local Pittsburgh partners.
Celebrate Africa culminates in a day-long festival that features a live band, a DJ, a marketplace of African food and craft vendors, and dancing and drum workshops by Camara Drum and Dance. This event has something for everyone. Come try some new food, check out our craft market, listen to African music, and check out colorful African fashions!
Join the Center for African Studies for an incredible evening!
Our Reception will begin at 5PM.
Ceremonial drumming will begin at 5:30PM.
A keynote address by renowned historian Dr. Paul Zeleza at 6:00PM.
Join the Center for African Studies to hear from representatives from various Africa diaspora communities in Pittsburgh as they discuss what it means to be an African immigrant in Southwestern Pennsylvania. This panel will speak to the challenges, opportunities, and surprises they have encoutered living in the Pittsburgh area and what they want the greater community to know.
Join the Center for African Studies for this conversation with Professor of Education Dr. Maureen K. Porter.
Join the Center for African Studies for this Celebrate Africa seminar with History Professor Dr. John Stoner! Dr. Stoner's research has focused on politics and history in Africa, particularly in South Africa.
